# Senior Tailings Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Midrand, Gauteng
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Tailings Engineer to join our Mine Waste team on a full-time basis in Midrand. As a senior-level position, you will be regarded as a professional person in the delivery of tailings and geotechnical services.

Responsibilities:

- Provide leadership in technical elements of the role and manage project teams.

- Mentor and coach junior and intermediate staff.

- Make complex decisions and provide technical direction on projects with significant budgets and complexity.

- Maintain a broad client base and pursue new business opportunities.

- Ensure delivery of significant project reports and provide senior review of complex technical reports.

- Provide tailings services and technical advice on complex tailings issues to clients.

- Manage, analyse, and report on tailings and geotechnical projects.

- Provide safety leadership in health and safety.

- Participate in training activities and transfer knowledge to junior and intermediate engineers.

- Plan, develop schedules, coordinate, and oversee manpower on important engineering projects.

- Prepare proposals and reports for clients and build business relationships.

Qualifications:

- Relevant degree (BEng or BSc) in Civil Engineering with 10+ years of experience post-graduation.

- Specialist skills in tailings and geotechnical engineering.

- Professional registration at ECSA required.

- Experience with legislation related to engineering design supporting water use and waste management license applications.

- Financial knowledge and proven project management skills.

- Proficient in MS Office, slope stability analysis, seepage analysis, and modelling software.

## Skills

### Required
- Civil Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Tailings Engineering
- Project Management
- MS Office
- Slope Stability Analysis
- Seepage Analysis

### Nice to have
- Honors degree in Geotechnical field
- Legislation related to engineering design
- Financial knowledge
- Proven project management skills

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